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International Healthcare Worker Safety Center

The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center at the
University of Virginia Health System is dedicated to the prevention of
occupational transmission of bloodborne pathogens. Under the
direction of Janine Jagger, M.P.H., Ph.D., the Center has been a
leader in conducting epidemiological research on needlesticks and blood
exposures and advocating for a safer healthcare workplace since 1994.
The EPINet surveillance system was developed by Dr. Jagger in 1991
to provide healthcare facilities with a standardized system for
tracking occupational blood exposures; it is now used by over 1000
hospitals in the U.S. The Center collects data from approximately 70
hospitals using EPINet (referred to as the "EPINet network"). You can
print out a variety of EPINet data reports by clicking on "About
EPINet," above.

For information on
accessing electronic versions of articles from the Center's
publication, Advances in Exposure Prevention, click here.

To order the Center's book, Preventing
Occupational Exposures to Bloodborne Pathogens: Articles from Advances
in Exposure Prevention, 1993-2004, click here.